Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has tasked the Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development, to work with the line ministry to investigate companies involved in the export of labour to the Middle East. This follows the rampant and unclear deaths of many casual labourers, …
Read More »Museveni in Vietnam on three day state visit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has arrived in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for a three-day state visit at the invitation of his counterpart President Nguyen Xuan Phuc. In a statement by the Presidential Press Unit, at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, Museveni was …
Read More »EBOLA: Minister Aceng scoffs at health workers threatening to strike over pay
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Minister, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has asked health workers deployed in the Ebola treatment unit in Mubende district who are agitating for payment to be a little more patient and not threaten them with striking. Without giving exact dates of when the money will …
Read More »UN Security Council requests withdrawal of M23 rebels in DR Congo
United Nations | Xinhua | The UN Security Council on Tuesday demanded immediate cessation of hostilities and of any further advances by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group and its withdrawal from all occupied areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In a press statement, the 15-member council …
Read More »Centenary Bank, MTN Uganda crowned digital brand of the year in 2022 Digital Impact Award Africa
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Centenary Bank, the country’s largest commercial bank in terms of customer numbers has been crowned Digital Brand of the Year in the Digital Impact Award Africa held at the Kampala Serena Hotel on Friday in recognition of excellence in spearheading the use of digital mediums …
Read More »Japan stuns Germany in World Cup Group E
🌟 World Cup 2022 ✳ RESULT ⚽ Japan 2 Germany 1 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Spain vs Costa Rica 7pm ⚽ Belgium vs Canada 10pm Doha, Qatar | THE INDEPENDENT | Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano scored second-half goals as Japan caused a major upset by beating Germany 2-1 in their FIFA …
Read More »Kenya to record trademarks of imported goods to combat illicit trade
Government will create a database of the intellectual property rights for all goods to be imported into the country Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya has begun the process of recording all trademarks, copyrights, and trade names for all goods to be imported into the country to combat illicit trade, …
Read More »Messi ready for ‘last shot’ at World Cup glory
🌟 World Cup 2022 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Argentina vs Saudi Arabia 1pm ⚽ Denmark vs Tunisia 4pm ⚽ Mexico vs Poland 7pm ⚽ France vs Australia 10pm ✳ RESULTS England 6-2 Iran Senegal 0-2 Netherlands USA 1-1 Wales Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | Lionel Messi has downplayed fears about his …
Read More »Corporal Obbo hailed for arresting his Kamuli bosses in sh75 million case
Police bosses nabbed while reportedly celebrating robbery in a bar Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, has lauded Corporal Obbo, the Officer in Charge of Kiyunga police post in Kamuli district, for arresting two of his seniors who have been accused of …
Read More »Museveni eulogizes the late Dr. Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere
Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed sorrow and lauded late Democratic Party leader, Dr. Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere. Dr. Ssemogerere was laid to rest at the family ancestral home in Nattale, Nkumba in Wakiso district on Monday. Museveni in a message read for him by the Prime …
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